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Narrative evaluations help you make sense of what you’ve learned. Your faculty will give you more than just a single letter grade.

Narrative evaluations express the thinking that went into your work, what you completed, and the reactions of both you and your faculty members to your work. These detailed documents often provide specific examples of achievement or progress.

Each course, program, or contract you take should be evaluated with three documents:

More Meaningful to You

All the work you do is potentially part of your evaluation. Faculty will look at the assignments, tests, presentations, and other projects as they prepare to evaluate your work.

The narrative evaluation is a dialogue. You’ll get more feedback with how well you're doing, so you know where to go next, and what you're prepared for. The level of detail in an evaluation can go far beyond a single letter or number. It can help you improve over the course of your college career and do your best.

Your Voice Matters

Students and faculty are encouraged to meet during Evaluation Week to share what they've written. This is an opportunity for you to talk in person about what will go into your transcript.

You also have the opportunity to write your perspective in your self-evaluation. Reflect on why you chose this offering, what you hoped to learn, and what you experienced along the way. These reflections may also feed into your Academic Statement.

Communicating Your Record

“I was informed that the combination of my Evergreen transcript and my interdisciplinary work on my senior thesis was the deciding factor in [university's] decision to accept me into their [master] program.”

People who read your transcript will get a fuller picture of what you did in college and what your work ethic is like. Graduate schools appreciate the level of detail, because it shows the depth of work. Your evaluations can demonstrate how prepared you are for graduate-level study.

Evergreen's registration and records office has experience working with graduate schools and employers of all kinds to communicate whether your work meets their requirements. We can provide summary views and supplementary documentation if necessary. Contact the registrar if you have questions about your transcript.